Help with cake guitar sounds.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:48 pm

hey all,
i've been trying to find info on the net on the kind of gear cake's lead guitars uses. i absolutely love cake and the sound he gets. it's sort of nasal sounding in places and has a lot of clarity. all i can gauge is a fender deville and a hollow body. any ideas what other stuff he uses.

cheers

kinda like this
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m0n0mania · Post by **m0n0mania** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:03 am

Saw the thread & wondered what IS a Cake Guitar?

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:30 pm

wonder if the box of cake will do

but yeah, cake gets some crazy neat tones, going to have to hunt some down for covers me thinks...

Post by **Doog** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:41 pm

I always thought their recorded guitar tone sounded like a Mustang into a small combo; kinda boxy and twangy.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:17 pm

really doog? i must admit, putting the pickups on my stang out of phase gets me a little closer.

Post by **Doog** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:25 pm

More of a guess than an informed opinion- that's just what it sounds like to me. Some tracks definately sound like a mellow hollowbody of sorts (album version of Frank Sinatra).

I reckon: Mustang bridge pickup > mid gain TS-style OD > lots of mids, little low and highs on the amp would get you close for sure.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:38 pm

i quite like that acoustic sound, i think he cranks that through a champ too. been working out arco arena and nugget today. it's hard to get hold of some of their stuff.

Post by **Doog** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm

I've got Comfort Eagle if you fancy an uploooooad..

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:04 pm

i have comfort eagle and fashion nugget. thanks anyway doog.

been trying to get prolonging the magic.

found this just.

Gibson Chet Atkins Tennessean guitar
Guild X170 guitar
Fender Blues DeVille amp (miked with Audix D-3)
Pro-Co Ratt
MXR Phase 90

that's from comfort eagle onwards i'm guessing. so i'm kinda nearly there. i have a phase 90 and a blues deluxe (smaller than the deville). just need to get me a rat.

http://onstagemag.com/ar/performance_let_cake/index.htm

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:44 am

i'm a BIG ASSED fucking fan of cake. and i've always wondered what they used too. to me it sounds like something with p90s and a deville type amp, eq'd for some sweet mids/bass...but i'm not sure.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:20 am

i've seen them once, when they came over to england a couple of years ago. one of the best fucking gigs ever.

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:29 pm

Yeah, supposedly they're tight as hell live.

I'm not sure what they used, but I always thought that weak pups were in the mix somewhere. Which is a good thing.